INDIANA – Thousands of Hoosiers may have forgotten they have retirement benefits earned through public service. However, finding a forgotten retirement account hasn’t always been easy.
The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) has launched a secure public database that all Hoosiers can use to search for a potentially forgotten pension benefit, defined contribution account, or account distribution from their Public Employees’ Retirement Fund or Teachers’ Retirement Fund.
Visitors to the Reclaim Your Retirement secure database must enter a first name, last name, and date of birth, including the four-digit year, to initiate a search. If there is a match in the database, the resulting text will provide instructions on what the named individual, their survivor, or their beneficiary should do next.
The cost of a forgotten retirement can be steep, quickly escalating to tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars in lost retirement income for a former public employee, teacher, or first responder.
As of October 2025, 3,704 INPRS members are eligible to request their earned retirement benefits, representing a median monthly benefit payment ranging from $545.50 to $783.50. These individuals may also have a defined contribution account waiting for them, with balances averaging $14,451 to $33,342.
Through this effort, INPRS is also seeking to reconnect 2,379 retirees, survivors, and beneficiaries with funds previously issued to them but not utilized, a result often driven by outdated address records. In some situations, benefit checks were delivered as intended but never deposited.
Each month that goes by without collecting one’s retirement benefits can be devastating, but when you use the Reclaim Your Retirement database, it’s easy. The public can search INPRS’s secure database to identify their potentially forgotten retirement benefits and, if their search results indicate a match, determine whether they’re due a benefit today.
Hosted securely in a database outside of INPRS member accounts, the Reclaim Your Retirement secure database lists members who may be due a retirement benefit or whose survivors or beneficiaries have benefits to collect.
Everyone is invited to visit the Reclaim Your Retirement secure database at www.in.gov/inprs/reclaimyourretirement and search for themselves, friends, family members, former colleagues, and others to find a match. When a search for someone other than yourself is successful, let that person know right away.
When calling INPRS, individuals should be prepared to authenticate their identity. INPRS can only assist members, survivors, and beneficiaries directly regarding their accounts and the reason their name appears in the Reclaim Your Retirement secure database. The database will be updated regularly as INPRS strives to reconnect members with their well-earned retirement benefits so they can realize their retirement dreams.
About INPRS:
The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) is an independent body, corporate and politic of the State of Indiana, which currently consists of 16 funds. With approximately $50.0B in assets under management at fiscal year-end 2024, INPRS is among the largest 100 pension funds in the United States, serving the needs of approximately 542,793 members representing 1,333 employers including public universities, school corporations, municipalities, and state agencies.
